[Event "Mini-Teams Summer Kickoff"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.06.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malugu, Satyajit"]
[Black "Tiglon, Bryce"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "NM Satyajit Malugu"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.06.26"]
[TimeControl "1500+5"]

{It's been a long time I scored a draw against an IM, I am annotating this
game without the help of an engine and with my son to explain some concepts to
him} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {This is not my main
opening line. After this point, I am on my own} Nc6 6. Be3 {While this move
looks natural, this is not the main line and my opponent started applying
pressure immediately.} Bb4 {Thematic attack on the e4 starts with this move} 7.
Nxc6 (7. Bd3 d5 8. Nxc6 (8. exd5 Nxd5 {?}) 8... bxc6 9. e5 d4 {I didn't like
the positions after this move eg:} 10. exf6 dxc3 11. fxg7 $4 cxb2+ 12. Kf1
bxa1=Q 13. gxh8=Q+ (13. Qxa1 Rg8 14. Bxh7 Ba6+ 15. Kg1 Rxg7 16. Qxg7 Qd1#)
13... Qxh8) 7... bxc6 8. Qf3 {I honestly thought this was a book move, I was
hoping for a line like this..} d5 (8... O-O 9. Bd4 d5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6
gxf6 12. O-O-O {where i can fight to get equality}) 9. exd5 exd5 (9... cxd5 {
even though this looks more natural, it is the wrong way to capture} 10. Bd4 {
now white is fine or even better}) (9... Nxd5 10. Bd2 {after this retreat} (10.
Bd4 c5 {will cause troubles}) 10... Qa5 11. Bc4 Bxc3 (11... Nxc3 $4 12. Qxc6+
Kf8 13. Qxa8 {+-}) 12. bxc3 {white should be ok}) 10. Bd4 (10. Bd2 O-O 11. Be2
Bg4 {white still has opening problems to solve}) 10... O-O 11. Bxf6 (11. O-O-O
$2 Bg4 12. Qd3 Bxd1) 11... Re8+ {i missed this zwiszhenzhung} (11... Qxf6 12.
Qxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 {is what i was hoping for}) 12. Be2 (12. Kd2
gxf6 13. a3 Qa5 14. Be2 Bd6 {is rather unpleasant for white with his king in
the center and with blacks two bishops}) 12... Qxf6 (12... gxf6 13. O-O Bxc3
14. bxc3 {but white has solved his opening problems}) 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Kd1 $1
{This is the only move that doesn't loose on spot} (14. f3 $5 d4 (14... Ba6 15.
Kf2) 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Ba6) (14. Rd1 $2 Bxc3+ (14... Ba6 15. Kf1 (15. Rd2
d4 {The pins will bleed out white}) 15... Bxc3 16. Bxa6 Bxb2) 15. bxc3 Ba6 16.
Rd2 Rab8 {-+}) 14... Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rab8 {I think
last few moves my opponent played rather inaccurately he should have had
something better than this minute advantage} 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Kxe1 Rb2 {
Black is definitely better here with rook on 7th rank and W king tied down
defend f2 pawn and rook is very passive. But the question is, is it enough to
win?} 20. a4 a5 21. Ra3 f5 {Not allowing g4} (21... c5 {would have been more
correct because c3 and d3 pawns are stuck and hence the rook on a3}) 22. d4 {
stopping c5} (22. g3 $5 c5 23. Kf1 c4 (23... d4 24. c4 Rc2 25. Rb3 Rc3 $4 {
this is the move i was afraid of during the game but looks like now it is a
blunder and looses for black} 26. Rxc3 dxc3 27. Ke2) 24. dxc4 (24. d4 Rb3)
24... dxc4 25. Kg2 Rb3 (25... Rc2 26. Kf3)) 22... Kg7 23. g3 Kf6 24. Kf1 Ke6
25. Kg2 Kd6 26. Kf3 c5 27. dxc5+ (27. Ke3 c4 {i wanted shutdown the rb3 idea
so i captured.} 28. h3 Rb3 (28... Rb1) 29. Rxb3 cxb3 30. Kd3) 27... Kxc5 28.
Ke3 Kc4 {I felt like the IM got the best of me} 29. Ra1 {I put a hail mary
trap here.} Kxc3 30. Rc1+ Rc2 31. Rxc2+ Kxc2 32. Kd4 Kb3 33. Kxd5 Kxa4 34. Kc4
{i honestly thought this position is draw and didn't know why my opponent is
allowing it} Ka3 35. Kc3 Ka4 36. Kc4 f6 {Now if I don't run out of pawn moves
before my opponent, I can draw, otherwise I loose} 37. f3 h5 38. f4 (38. h4 f4
39. gxf4 f5 40. Kc3 Kb5 41. Kb3 Kc5 42. Ka4) 38... Ka3 39. Kc3 Ka2 40. Kc2 Ka3
41. Kc3 a4 42. h3 Ka2 43. Kc2 Ka1 44. Kc1 Ka2 45. Kc2 a3 46. h4 {now i
exhausted all my pawn moves but luckily so has black} Ka1 47. Kc1 Ka2 48. Kc2
Ka1 49. Kc1 Ka2 (49... a2 50. Kc2) 50. Kc2 {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rusty Miller Memorial"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.06.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guha, Mitrabha"]
[Black "Nicoski, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.06.19"]
[TimeControl "2700+15"]

{[%evp 0,95,19,31,19,0,23,22,31,20,28,51,37,28,43,10,25,26,26,24,13,7,7,14,26,
36,40,35,49,42,79,45,79,133,137,98,89,85,87,112,75,91,78,72,113,111,111,112,
115,115,110,96,96,83,123,148,144,109,112,112,127,127,132,112,130,134,134,134,
136,159,129,147,147,147,119,158,155,154,123,169,282,257,270,270,292,107,362,
412,457,427,575,575,612,632,640,707,747,835]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Rc1 ({Most common is something like} 7. Bd3
Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Na4 Nd7 {.}) 7... e6 ({Black could
also attempt to bring the bishop outside the pawns:} 7... Bf5) ({or} 7... Bg4 {
.}) 8. Bd3 Bd6 ({This allows White to set up a Stonewall attacking formation.} 
8... Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. O-O b5 12. Ne5 {is a little bit different.})
9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. f4 b5 (10... O-O 11. Nf3 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. Qf3 {
is still theory, though it appears to favor White.}) 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8
13. O-O O-O 14. Qf3 Rc7 15. Qh3 g6 16. Bxb5 $1 {White snags a pawn with a
tactic, and the rest goes fairly smoothly.} Rb8 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qh4 Ne8 19.
Rf2 Bb5 20. Rfc2 Rbc8 21. h3 Qd8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxb5 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 axb5 25.
b3 Nd6 26. Rc7 Rc8 $4 ({Why two question marks? Aside from the general
guidance to avoid exchanges when down material, it's specifically better to
exchange the minor pieces than rooks here. When down one pawn, many rook
endings are drawn; knight endings, though, tend to resemble king and pawn
endings, especially in terms of outside passed pawns (such as White's a-pawn,
after a2-a4) being hard for knights to handle.^^Best is to force the white
rook to retreat:} 26... Ra8 27. Rc2 $16 {.} ({Not} 27. Rd7 $2 Nf5 $13 {and too
many white pawns are en prise.})) 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Nc6 (28. a4 {immediately
is strong.}) 28... Kf8 29. g4 Ke8 30. g5 Nd6 31. Kf2 Kd7 32. Ne5+ Ke7 33. Ke1
Nf5 34. Kd2 h5 35. a4 (35. gxh6 Nxh6 36. Kc3 {works.}) 35... bxa4 36. bxa4 Nd6
37. a5 Kd8 38. Kc3 Kc7 39. Kb4 Kb7 40. Kc5 Ne4+ 41. Kb5 Nd6+ 42. Kb4 Ka6 43.
Kc5 Nf5 44. Nxf7 Nxe3 45. Nh8 Nf5 46. Nxg6 Kxa5 47. Nf8 Ng7 48. Kd6 {mitrabhaa
won by resignation} 1-0

[Event "WA vs BC Intermat"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhou, Frank"]
[Black "Liu, Austin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "1434"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "Austin Liu"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.05.15"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]

{[%evp 0,64,26,24,32,63,80,80,57,36,40,21,84,44,40,40,38,42,33,15,48,23,17,12,
28,27,10,10,35,0,11,-26,-15,-20,-15,-25,-28,-44,-19,-45,-45,-100,-134,-118,-46,
-70,-55,-53,-88,-86,-85,-89,-88,-196,-186,-215,-158,-272,-192,-181,-195,-206,
-183,-738,-1158,-29985,-1490]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 {White plays the Classical Variation, a quiet response to
the Dragon.} O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qd2 (9. Nb3 {is the theoretical main line,
stopping d5.}) 9... d5 {Once Black gets the d5-break, he has basically
achieved equality.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rad1 Qc7 $1 {Preparing Rd8,
after which White's pieces are awkwardly placed.} 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. c3 (14.
Qxd5 Be6 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Bxb2 17. Bxe7 Rfc8 $1 $11 {and Black is winning
the pawn back and has equality.}) 14... Rd8 15. Bd4 $6 {Allowing Black to take
the center with tempo.} (15. Bf3 {is better.}) 15... e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Bf3
Rac8 {Preparing a potential d4-break later on, after which Black will go Qc2.}
18. Rc1 $6 (18. Be2 {is a better try, allowing White to move his f-pawn later
to give an escape square for his bishop.} f5) 18... f5 $1 {White's bishop is
suddenly finding itself short on squares.} 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Rfd1 $2 (20. Bh6 {
was the last chance.}) 20... f4 {Threatening h6 and g5, trapping the bishop.}
21. Qe2 {with the threat of Bxf4!, winning the pawn.} Rf8 {Covering f4.} 22.
Bg4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 h6 {White is now forced to give up his bishop.} 24. Bxh6 Bxh6
25. Qxg6+ Bg7 26. c4 $6 (26. Qe6+ Rff7 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 {is better, but
after} Qb7 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. b3 e4 $17 {White's pawns are rather immobile, so
Black has a clear advantage.}) 26... Rd6 27. Qd3 e4 28. Qd2 f3 29. cxd5 Qd7 30.
Qg5 Rff6 {Preparing Rg6.} 31. g3 Qh3 32. Rc8+ Qxc8 0-1

[Event "WA vs BC Intermat"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liu, Austin"]
[Black "Yang, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[Annotator "Austin Liu"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.05.15"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]

{[%evp 0,51,19,38,25,16,14,23,25,0,4,0,0,1,11,2,27,25,33,11,67,67,101,58,102,
95,99,154,172,159,175,213,385,395,415,415,403,458,480,375,461,458,552,470,781,
748,875,626,1250,1403,29995,29996,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 {The most popular
option, immediately striking at Black's queenside.} Bg4 (9... Bb7 {is an
alternative option.}) 10. Bg5 exd4 $2 {This natural move actually loses on the
spot.} 11. Bd5 $1 {taking advantage of several pins. Both knights are pinned,
while Qd7 fails to axb5, revealing a pin on the a-file.} Bd7 12. Nxd4 $6 (12.
cxd4 {is a bit more accurate, since the threat of e5 is very unpleasant.})
12... Bxd4 13. cxd4 h6 (13... Rb8 {tries to get out of two pins but White has}
14. e5 $1 {opening up the e-file.} dxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Re1 Qe7 17. f4 $1 $18
) 14. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (14... Qxf6 {loses immediately to} 15. axb5 $18) 15. Qh5 $1
{Black has no good way to defend f7.} Qe7 $6 (15... Rh7 $18 {was a better try,
but Black's position remains in tatters.}) 16. axb5 Nxd4 17. Bxa8 Bxb5 18. Re1
{Giving back an exchange, but forcing Black to spend several valuable tempos.}
Nc2 19. Nc3 $1 Nxe1 20. Nxb5 Nxg2 (20... axb5 21. Qxb5+ Kf8 22. Rxe1 $18) 21.
Kxg2 Rg8+ 22. Kf1 {White's king is completely safe.} Kd7 23. Qd5 $1 Rg5 (23...
axb5 24. Bc6+ Kd8 25. Ra8#) 24. Bc6+ Kc8 25. Rxa6 $1 {A final finesse.} Rxd5
26. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "WA vs BC Intermat"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yang, Ryan"]
[Black "Goktepe, Derin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "Derin Goktepe"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.05.15"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]

{[%evp 0,100,24,17,23,23,25,9,9,12,11,17,17,9,44,9,18,-8,11,1,32,-6,4,12,4,-2,
3,10,12,1,11,-96,-105,-134,-184,-192,-198,-373,-193,-211,-197,-199,-193,-215,
-221,-222,-230,-251,-186,-186,-267,-382,-201,-456,-484,-839,-892,-944,-951,
-951,-627,-625,-661,-670,-453,-450,-464,-539,-559,-559,-443,-485,-508,-521,
-526,-530,-530,-530,-516,-529,-525,-540,-555,-565,-538,-541,-536,-535,-550,
-577,-585,-601,-599,-1095,-1390,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29996,-29997,-29998,
-29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7.
h3 O-O 8. Re1 Bb6 {A move I played to prepare for bringing my knight to e7 and
then g6. However, if I played 8...Ne7, White would get a pleasant position
after 9. d4.} 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 c6 12. Bb3 {This was an
interesting move because I expected my opponent to play a move like 12. d4 to
apply some pressure in the center, but instead he chose to retreat his bishop.}
Re8 13. d4 Qc7 {I thought of Qc7 because in the future, I might want to bring
one of my rooks to d8. However, Be6 was probably a better move to attempt to
trade the bishops.} 14. Qc2 d5 $2 {For the past few months, I have come across
many positions similar to this in my games and I have studied it deeply, and I
remembered the move d5 as a good move in some of those situations. So even
though it was a mistake in this position, I believed it was a good move during
the game and I played it.} 15. Kh2 $4 {Because of my queen pinning the white
king, my opponent is in big trouble. Now, I had multiple ways to win material
with moves such as 15...dxe4 or 15...exd4.} dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 {
And now, my opponent would be losing an exchange. If he instead played 17.
Qxe4 to avoid losing the exchange, he would lose his queen after 17...exd4+,
which is another negative effect of Kh2.} 18. dxe5 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe5 20. g3
Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 {From here, I still had to be a little careful since my
opponent had two very active bishops, but the position was still lost for
white.} Rad8 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. a4 a5 24. h4 Rd7 25. Bc2 Qe5 26. Qg4 Qd5+ 27. Kh2
Re1 28. f3 Re2+ 29. Kh3 Bg1 {Here I could have just simply taken the bishop,
but then I noticed that my opponent would be forced to play 30.Qf5 after 29...
Bg1, and after the line 30...Rh2+ 31. Kg4 Qxf5+ 32. Bxf5 Rd1 33. b3 g6 34. Bc8
Rc2 35. Bb2 Rxa1 36. Bxa1 Ra2, the bishop would be trapped and white would be
completely lost.} 30. Qf5 Rh2+ 31. Kg4 Qxf5+ 32. Bxf5 Rd1 33. b4 g6 34. Bc8 Rc2
35. bxa5 {I expected my opponent to play something like Bb2 here as one last
trick but instead he played bxa5.} Rdxc1 36. Rxc1 Rxc1 37. Bxb7 Rxc3 38. a6 Be3
39. h5 f5+ 40. Kh4 g5+ 41. Kh3 Rc4 42. a5 Ra4 43. Bxc6 Rxa5 44. Bb7 Kf7 45. g4
Kf6 46. gxf5 Ra2 47. Kg4 Bf4 48. Bd5 Rg2+ 49. Kh3 Rh2+ 50. Kg4 Rh4# 0-1

[Event "Intermat 30th (online)"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2021.05.15"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Tien, Sophie"]
[Black "Huang, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.05.15"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[WhiteTeam "WA"]
[BlackTeam "BC"]

{[%evp 0,85,19,38,83,67,81,72,90,74,107,109,94,82,46,37,53,19,15,0,0,-8,7,-15,
-1,-7,-9,-40,-10,-20,18,-40,4,-14,-10,-12,-18,-56,-32,-55,-50,-51,-50,-53,-52,
-59,-21,-97,-81,-73,-69,-59,-58,-64,-67,-74,-74,-52,-34,-12,-8,-45,-55,-114,
-50,-50,-40,-9,32,37,41,23,23,16,15,62,57,11,11,20,8,10,10,8,7,10,69,7]} 1. e4
g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. a3 (6. O-O Bb7 7. Re1 Nd7 (7...
e6) (7... b4 8. Nd5 (8. Na4 Bxe4 9. Bc4)) 8. Bf1 c5 9. a4) 6... Bb7 7. O-O Nd7
8. Re1 c5 9. Bf1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ngf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Qd2 Nb6 ({
An interesting idea here is} 13... Nc5 14. f3 e5 15. Nb3 Nfxe4 $15) 14. Rad1
Kh7 15. Bg3 ({White spends quite a few moves burying this bishop. Perhaps it's
better to solidify the e-pawn and give the bishop a more active retreat with} 
15. f3) 15... Rc8 16. Qc1 (16. e5 $5) 16... e5 ({Here and on the next move
Black could (and should) have gone for the thematic exchange sacrifice on c3.
After} 16... Rxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Nxe4 $17 {Black is for choice. ^^In Dragon
positions it's almost always correct to give up the exchange for a pawn and
major queenside weaknesses -- it is not necessary for White to have castled
queenside. Black's g7-bishop gains activity and White will be hard-pressed to
defend along the c-file.}) 17. Nb3 Qc7 ({Again,} 17... Rxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Nxe4
$17 {is the next best thing to winning for Black.}) 18. h3 (18. f3 $5) 18...
Na4 $6 ({Other, likely better, ideas:} 18... Nh5 19. Bh2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21.
Be2 Nf6 $17) (18... d5 19. exd5 Nfxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 $17) 19. Rd3 (19. Nxa4 bxa4
20. Nd2 Qxc2 21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Nc4 $13 Nxe4 (22... d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Ne3 Rc5
25. Bxe5 Bb3 26. Bd6 Bxd1 27. Bxc5 $14) 23. Bd3 Rxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxg3 25. fxg3 e4
{, and Black has some compensation for the exchange.}) 19... Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qb6
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd3 d5 23. Nd2 $6 (23. Bxe5 dxe4 24. Bf1 $13) 23... dxe4 24.
Nxe4 Nxe4 (24... Nh5 $5) 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 f5 27. Re2 f4 28. Bh2 Qd4 (
28... Rd8 $15) 29. c3 Qc4 30. Qe1 (30. Rd2 $13) 30... Rd8 31. g3 $4 (31. Rd2
$15) 31... Rd3 $2 (31... f3 $1 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Qe2 $19) 32. gxf4 Qd5 $6 (
32... exf4 $1 33. Rd2 (33. Re4 $2 Qd5 $19) (33. Qf1 g5 $17) 33... Rxh3 $17) 33.
Qf1 exf4 34. Bxf4 Rd1 35. Re1 Rxe1 36. Qxe1 Qf5 37. Qe3 g5 38. Bh2 Qb1+ 39. Kg2
Qxb2 40. Qe4+ Kg8 $6 (40... Kh8) 41. Qe8+ (41. c4 $5 Qd4 (41... bxc4 $2 42.
Qxc4+ Kh7 43. Qd3+ Kg8 44. Qxa6 $16) 42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. cxb5 axb5 44. Qc8+ Kh7
45. Qf5+ Kg8 46. Qxb5 $14) 41... Kh7 42. Qe4+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Intermat 30th (online)"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2021.05.15"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Petrov, Oscar"]
[Black "Hemstapat, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.05.15"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[WhiteTeam "WA"]
[BlackTeam "BC"]

{[%evp 0,91,35,28,38,30,36,33,48,33,9,53,64,20,6,-24,-3,1,-7,-35,-4,-24,64,70,
62,53,95,69,92,56,54,68,100,113,73,92,139,128,130,127,168,149,267,203,201,107,
88,112,204,227,228,287,300,398,447,444,444,441,609,757,752,756,756,381,381,389,
384,343,336,334,648,642,642,695,781,809,826,826,842,834,860,547,574,620,641,
619,644,693,997,670,1098,1209,1344,1349]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 $6 ({
Theory branches here based on whether Black chooses to advance some kingside
pawns first, or simply capture on c3. The former seems less clear; the latter
tends to favor White.} 10... h5 11. Qf4 g5 12. Qf3 Nxc3 13. dxc5 d4 (13... Nc6
14. Qg3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qxc5 16. Nf3) 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Qf6 Qxf6 16. exf6 Na4 17.
Bxg5 Nxc5 18. Nf3 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 b6 20. Rc1 Bb7) (10... Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nc6 (
11... Qa5 12. Qb4) 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O Qa4 14. Qh3) 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 Nc3+
13. Kf1 Qc7 14. Nh3 b6 15. g3 Ba6 $6 (15... Nc6 $14) 16. Kg2 Qd7 17. Qh4 Qe7
18. Bg5 $1 Qf8 19. Bd2 g5 20. Qg4 Ne4 21. Bb4 Qg8 22. c4 $5 (22. Qe2 Bb7 23. f3
g4 24. Nf2 gxf3+ 25. Qxf3 $16) 22... Nc6 23. Rhc1 Bb7 (23... Nxd4 24. Qd1 {
threatens Bxe4/Qxd4 and Qa4+/Qxa6}) (23... Qg6 24. cxd5 Bxd3 25. Rxc6 {and
it's hard to see any defense.}) (23... f5 24. Qd1 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4
Nxb4 27. axb4 {. White's control of the c-file combined with the exposed black
king will prove decisive.}) 24. cxd5 Nxb4 25. axb4 Nd2 26. Bb5+ Kd8 27. Bc6
Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Rc8 29. Rxa7 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Qh7 31. Nxg5 $1 ({Flashy.} 31. Qe2 $18
{is also crushing.}) 31... hxg5 32. Qxg5+ Kc8 33. Ra8+ Kc7 34. Rxh8 Qd3 (34...
Qxh8 35. Qxd2 $18 {is more mundane.}) 35. Qe7+ Kxc6 36. Rc8+ Kb5 37. Qd7+ Kxb4
38. Qd6+ Kb5 39. Qc6+ Ka5 40. Qc3+ ({Or} 40. Ra8+ Kb4 41. Qxb6+ Qb5 42. Qxb5+
Kxb5 43. h4) 40... Qxc3 41. Rxc3 b5 42. h4 b4 43. Rc8 Kb5 44. Rb8+ Kc4 45. h5
Ne4 46. f4 $1 {The knight is contained.} Nc3 47. Rxb4+ $5 {An amusing way to
highlight the knight's inability to handle the distant white pawn.} Kxb4 48. h6
Nd5 49. h7 Ne3+ 50. Kf3 Nf1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Szilagyi, Gyorgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,73,25,-20,-2,-9,28,28,27,-10,-3,-6,8,17,9,6,3,-1,22,25,-1,-15,-2,2,-6,
38,32,32,45,-20,34,32,67,66,82,78,83,107,122,130,128,132,138,138,127,115,130,
99,111,109,119,127,121,113,109,122,124,115,95,101,102,102,104,125,127,125,125,
173,482,516,666,723,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 {Black is
attempting to build an impenetrable wall against the fianchetto.} 3. Bg2 Bg4 4.
d3 Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 (5... Bh5 {doesn't save the bishop-pair, but may encourage
White to compromise pawn structure in order to exchange the knight for the
bishop.} 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nh4 $13) 6. Bxf3 e5 7. Nd2 Ngf6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5
10. O-O Qe7 11. c3 O-O 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Rfd8 (13... a5 $1) 14. Qc2 Rac8 15.
Be2 $1 c5 $2 {Black clearly underestimates the power of the outpost on d5 and
the blockade square c4 created by this move.} 16. b5 Ne8 (16... c4 {loses a
pawn, of course, due to White's foresight in playing 15.Be2. If not for that,
however, this would be a great positional idea, taking away the blockade
square and creating outposts on b3 and d3.}) 17. Nc4 Nd6 {Black challenges the
knight -- usually the best piece to place on outpost squares such as d5 -- and
plans to meet Ne3 with ...Nf6, protecting d5.} 18. Bg5 $3 {A sublime
positional tactic.} f6 (18... Nf6 19. Ne3) (18... Qxg5 19. Nxd6 Rb8 (19... c4
$5 20. Kg2 Rc7 21. Rad1 $16) 20. Bc4 $18) 19. Be3 Nxc4 20. Bxc4+ {The bishop,
originally developed to g2, takes over the light squares from c4.} Kh8 21. a5
Bc7 22. Rfd1 Nf8 23. Qa2 $1 {By guarding a5 with the queen, White allows the
a1-rook freedom to recapture on d1. Not to mention the added authority on the
a2-g8 diagonal.} Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. a6 b6 27. Kg2 Qd7 28. Qe2
Ng6 29. Bb3 Ne7 30. Qc4 h6 31. Qf7 Kh7 32. Bc4 Qd6 33. h4 Qd1 34. Qe8 f5 {
A blunder, perhaps, but White's h5, Bf7, and Bg6+ was unstoppable.} 35. exf5
Nxf5 36. Bg8+ Kh8 37. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Donner, Johannes H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,61,25,0,0,0,6,-23,-17,-25,15,10,8,0,-1,5,13,17,16,7,28,22,4,10,12,4,
10,1,15,19,25,24,50,36,44,30,33,12,34,40,42,40,63,56,75,57,86,82,77,72,68,75,
170,117,134,151,403,364,491,510,502,524,513,458]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5
4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5 (8. e3) 8... Nxd5 9. d4 c5 (
9... Nd7 {is now preferred.}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. a3 N5f6 $6 (12...
a5 $5) 13. b4 Be7 14. Nd4 $1 {Aiming for the c6-square. The exchange of
bishops on the long diagonal helps to weaken c6.} Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Qb3
Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Nd5 $1 ({Exchanging queens makes the defense of c6
more difficult.} 18... Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 $14) 19. e4 N5f6 20. b5 {White finally
establishes real outposts -- for both players. White's are more advanced and
accessed more quickly, so we can say White has the initiative.} a6 $6 (20...
Ne5 $5) 21. Nc6 $1 Bf8 22. a4 axb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rd1 Ne8 $6
26. Nc4 Nc5 27. e5 $1 {Another outpost, this one on d6, with a knight already
threatening occupation.} Rc8 28. Ra1 $1 Rc7 (28... Ra8 29. Rxa8 Qxa8 30. Ne7+)
29. Ra7 Qxa7 30. Nxa7 Rxa7 31. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,51,33,32,27,0,28,46,53,41,43,52,53,40,40,40,62,55,53,44,41,50,39,8,54,
54,54,15,29,21,37,35,45,39,84,60,76,87,90,67,101,122,127,126,167,160,224,270,
355,382,382,390,656,1279]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6.
Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e5 (7... e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 {reaches normal positions in
the King's Indian and Modern Benoni.}) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4
Nf4 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Bf1 Bg4 $6 {Black's plan to exchange the bishop on f3
would make sense in terms of securing the f4-outpost (notice all the outposts
in these games?), but there's an important factor that the Argentinian
Grandmaster appears to miss.} 14. Qc2 Bxf3 $2 15. gxf3 Nd7 16. O-O-O $1 {
And this is the point. The outposts on f4 and f5 are equally advanced, and
Black has even occupied f4 with a knight already. However, the more important
factor here is proximity to the king, and White's king has just left the
building.} Re8 17. Bh3 Nxh3 {Otherwise White builds up with Bf5, Rh2, Rdh1,
Nd1, Ne3...} 18. Rxh3 Nf8 19. Rdh1 Ng6 20. Nd1 Rc8 21. Ne3 Rc7 22. Nf5 Rf8 23.
Qd1 (23. Rh7 {is also strong:} Bf6 (23... f6 24. Rxg7+ Rxg7 25. Nh6+) 24. Nh6+
Kxh7 25. Nxf7+) 23... f6 24. f4 exf4 25. Qh5 Ne5 26. Qh7+ (26. Qh7+ Kf7 27.
Qxg7+ Ke8 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rxd8) 1-0

[Event "Kayden Troff Simul"]
[Site "Pocatello, Idaho"]
[Date "2021.06.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Troff, Kayden"]
[Black "Ang, Nobel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.06.26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c6 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. d3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. Qc2 (14.
Nd4 $5) 14... Qc7 (14... Qd3 $5) 15. Nf4 $6 (15. Qc3 f6 (15... Bf6 16. e5 Be7
17. Rad1 $14 (17. Nd4 $5 Qxe5 $4 (17... Nd7 $13) 18. Nxc6 $1 $18)) 16. e5 $5 {
claiming space.}) 15... e5 16. Qc3 f6 17. Ne2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8
20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Qd8 22. Qxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bc3 Be7 24. Nc1 Ne6 25. Nd3 c5 26.
f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Kf7 28. Kf2 a6 29. Ke3 Nc7 30. Bf3 g6 31. b4 cxb4 32. Bxb4 a5
33. Bc3 Ba6 34. Bd4 Bxc4 35. Bxb6 Nb5 36. a4 Nd6 $6 (36... Nc3 {is complete
equality. Black probably feared} 37. Kd4 (37. Nb2 Bb3) (37. Nc5 Bxc5+) (37.
Bxa5 Nxa4) 37... Nxa4 38. Bxa5 (38. Kxc4 Nxb6+ 39. Kb5 Nd7) 38... Bxd3) 37. Kd4
Bb3 38. Nb2 Nc8 $2 (38... f5 $1 39. e5 Ne4 40. Bxe4 fxe4 41. Bxa5 Ba3 42. Nc4
Bc1 $14 {offers more opportunities for confusion.}) 39. Bxa5 Ba3 40. Kc3 Bxb2+
41. Kxb3 Bc1 42. Bc7 Ke7 43. a5 Kd7 44. Bb8 Nd6 45. a6 Nb5 46. Be2 Nd4+ 47. Ka4
Nc6 48. Bb5 Kc8 49. Bd6 Nd8 50. Bc4 Be3 51. Kb5 Kd7 52. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Kayden Troff Simul"]
[Site "Pocatello, Idaho"]
[Date "2021.06.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Troff, Kayden"]
[Black "Su, Darren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2021.06.26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxb8 ({This looks very concrete, but
the loss of castling privilege proves relatively unimportant to Black here.
The main alternative is} 5. Bb5+ Nc6 (5... Nd7 6. c4 Ngf6 (6... dxc4 7. Ne5
Ngf6 8. Bg5 $16 {looks like complications favoring White.}) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Ne5 $14) 6. c4 Bd6 (6... a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qa4 $14) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bxd6 Qxd6
9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nc3 $14) 5... Qxb8 6. Bb5+ Kd8 7. Ne5 $6 {The one-move threat
has no follow-up, and the knight will be driven back with loss of time. Or
will it?} Qc7 $1 8. c3 Bd6 9. O-O $2 (9. Nf3 $15) 9... Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 $17
11. Nd2 a6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Bf3 Ne4 $6 (13... Ke7 $17) 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. f4 $6 (
15. Nc4 Qc7 (15... Qg5 16. f3) 16. f3 Ke7 17. fxe4 dxc4 18. Qf3 {and things
are less than completely clear.}) 15... Qf5 16. g4 Qg6 17. f5 $2 Bxf5 18. Qa4
Rc8 19. Kh1 Qxg4 20. Qxg4 Bxg4 21. Rxf7 Rc7 22. Rf4 Bf5 $19 1/2-1/2

[Event "Senior Open"]
[Site "Portland, OR"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gibbins, Wilson"]
[Black "Nelson, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[Annotator "Wilson Gibbins"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,29,19,-12,-10,-4,-22,-17,-7,-1,23,-12,3,3,19,3,15,19,41,14,38,37,42,
37,36,43,32,4,30,37,45,43]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 d5 5. Qc2 Be7 6.
Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 {The repertoire books love
this position for White, but I generally struggle to get anything going in
this position.} Bb7 11. Rd1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3
Rc8 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Qe2 (17. Rab1) 17... Qc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. c5 $5 {A standard
idea in these positions. White is trying to keep Black's bishop on b7 passive,
but has to give up the d5 square to Black's knight.} Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qd8 21. h4 {
I followed Bent Larsen's advice "When in doubt, push a rook's pawn." But I
guessed the wrong rook pawn} (21. a4 {is a little better}) 21... Nd7 22. b4 Nf6
23. a3 ({Bent advice still works, the best plan was} 23. a4 Nd5 24. a5 Nxb4 $2
(24... bxa5 25. bxa5 Nc3 26. Qg4 f6 27. Bd6) 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7 Qd7 27. Rb1
Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxb6) 23... Nd5 24. Rac1 Qd7 25. Bd6 Rfe8 26. Be4 f5 27.
Bf3 Qf7 28. Re1 ({I should spend some time weakening Black's kingside position
with} 28. Bh5 g6 29. Bf3) 28... b5 29. Qd2 Ra8 30. Re5 {I later regretted
putting the rook on this square, as it would have been nice to retreat the
bishop to e5 on move 34. But the engines don't mind.} Kh7 31. Rce1 Bc8 32. Bxd5
$5 {Good, but committal. Unfortunately, I have a bad followup in mind.} cxd5
33. c6 $6 {I thought I was tying down Black's bishop and perhaps getting a
pawn to c7. Instead I am dropping the c-pawn because I am undefending my
bishop on d6, and it doesn't have good retreat squares.} (33. Qc2) (33. g4 $5)
33... Rd8 $1 34. Bc5 Re8 $2 (34... Qc7 $1 35. g4 {and White is attacking, but
Black has a pawn as compensation for his defensive challenges.}) 35. Qe2 Rb8
36. Rc1 $6 {These are just the kind of shaky moves old folks make during the
Friday night round of Senior tournaments.} (36. Rxd5 $1) 36... Qc7 37. Rxf5
Qxc6 38. Rf7 Rb7 39. Rxb7 {I am lucky to still have an edge after all my
questionable play.} (39. Rf4 {keeps more pieces on the board, and more chance
of an attack.}) 39... Qxb7 $2 {Black's queen on c6 was pinning White's bishop
on c5. This kept White's Bishop from reaching e5 and White's rook from
invading on the c-file.} (39... Bxb7 {is still better for White, but not
nearly as much.}) 40. Bd6 $1 {This allows White's bishop to get to the e5
square and the rook access to the c-file.} Qb6 $2 ({Stockfish likes} 40... Qf7
{so Black's queen can defend the king, even if it drops the pawn on b5}) ({
Leela prefers sacrificing a pawn with} 40... e5 {which might be the best
practical move, trying to make me suffer on the white squares as much as he is
on the black squares. But if White plays the accurate moves} 41. Rc7 Qb6 42.
Qc2+ e4 43. Be5 {Black still has problems, though if I were playing Black I
would still be hoping for some sort of accident based on White's weak squares
around his king and a fast moving passed d-pawn.} Rxe5 44. dxe5) 41. Be5 $1 {
No more sacrifices on e5.} Bd7 ({Giving up a pawn with} 41... Qd8 42. Qxb5) 42.
Qd3+ Kg8 43. Rc7 (43. Qg6 Re7 44. Rc7 Be8 45. Rc8 {is also strong}) 43... Re7
44. Qc3 (44. Qg6) 44... Rf7 45. f4 {Since Black has no counterplay, White can
advance his kingside pawns without worry.} (45. g4 {is probably more accurate})
45... Be8 46. Rc8 Rf8 47. g4 Bd7 48. Rc7 Rf7 49. g5 (49. h5) 49... hxg5 50.
hxg5 Be8 51. Rc8 Rf8 52. Qh3 Bd7 53. Rc7 Rf7 54. g6 1-0

[Event "Senior Open"]
[Site "Portland, OR"]
[Date "2021.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Heywood, Bill"]
[Black "Gibbins, Wilson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[Annotator "Wilson Gibbins"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,24,28,30,41,46,40,5,42,42,42,40,18,46,33,20,66,55,79,58,82,16,2,13,30,
15,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bd3 O-O (11... b6) 12. O-O (12. Qe2 b6
13. Qe4 Nf6 14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Qxa7 Ra8 16. Qxa8+ Bxa8 $13) 12... b6 13. Qe2 (13.
Re1) 13... Bb7 14. h3 Bf4 15. Be3 Rac8 (15... Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qxc3 17. Rac1 Qa3
18. Ng5 $44) 16. c4 Nf6 (16... Rfe8) 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Qb8 19. Nd2 h6 20.
Nf1 Re8 21. Qd2 Bxe3 22. fxe3 e5 23. Qf2 Be4 24. Ng3 exd4 25. exd4 Qd6 26. Nf5
Bxf5 27. Bxf5 Rc7 28. Bc2 Rce7 29. c5 bxc5 (29... Qc7) 30. dxc5 Qc7 31. Rd2 Re5
32. Bf5 Nd5 33. g3 $2 g6 $2 (33... Rxf5 34. Qxf5 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1 Re1+ 36. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxd2+) 34. Bb1 h5 (34... Re3 35. Rd3 (35. Rxd5 Rxg3+ 36. Kh1
Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Ree3)) 35. Rcd1 Nc3 36. Rd7 Qxc5 37. Qxc5 Rxc5 38. Rf1 Nxb1 39.
Rfxf7 Re2 40. Kf1 Re6 (40... Rce5) 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rdf7+ Ke8 43. Rxa7 Rf5+ $2
$11 (43... Nd2+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kf2 Rf5+) 44... Re2+) 44. Kg1 Re1+ 45. Kg2 Re2+
46. Kg1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

